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Pakistan will no longer look for neutral venues to stage home international cricket matches. (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan will not play any home series on neutral venue: PCB chief...

Due to the 2009 bus attack, Pakistan have been forced to play their home games in UAE at Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

11 Dec 2019 11:40 AM IST

Pakistan and Bangladesh might feature in a day-night Test during the latters tour to the neighbouring nation in January next year for the two-match series of the ICC World Test Championship. (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan invites Bangladesh to play pink ball Test at Karachi in...

PCB CEO, Wasim Khan said that they had sent a proposed itinerary of the series to BCB.

11 Dec 2019 11:33 AM IST

Sri Lankan Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne feels the presence of former Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur in their camp will be a big advantage when his side take on Azhar Alis men in the two-Test series starting here on Wednesday. (Photo:AFP)

Having Mickey Arthur with us is big advantage, says Sri Lanka captain...

Arthur, who was appointed the head coach of Sri Lanka last week, held the same position in Pakistan from 2016 until the...

11 Dec 2019 11:11 AM IST

Cricket Australia (CA) is set to request the BCCI to agree for more than one Day/Night Test during Indias 2021 tour Down Under, when officials of the two boards meet on the sidelines of a three-match ODI series in January next year. (Photo:AFP)

Australia face stiff challenge in backyard scrap with NZ

Kane Williamson's experienced Blacks Caps head into the three-match series riding high in 2nd place in the world test...

11 Dec 2019 9:00 AM IST

New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor on Tuesday became the second and also the fastest Kiwi batsman to register 7000 runs in the longest format of the game. (Photo:AFP)

Ross Taylor suffers injury scare ahead of first Test against Australia

This blow forced the batsman to leave the net sessions in Perth. The Black Caps, however, confirmed that Taylor did not...

11 Dec 2019 8:52 AM IST

Lendl Simmons guided West Indies to defeat India by eight wickets in the second T20I with nine balls to spare at the Greenfield International Stadium here on Sunday. Simmons played an unbeaten knock of 67 runs and built a match-winning partnership of 61-run with Nicholas Pooran. (Photo:PTI)

West Indies have become a different side under Kieron Pollard: Rohit...

Rohit, who played with Pollard for several years at MI, termed the West Indies captain as a 'smart thinker of the game'.

11 Dec 2019 8:05 AM IST

Coming in as a replacement for injured opener Shikhar Dhawan, Keralas batsman, Sanju Samson is eager to prove his worth with the bat as well as the gloves, when West Indies take on hosts, India for a three-match T20I and ODI series, starting from December 6. (Photo:Twitter)

Shashi Tharoor laments Sanju Samson's absence from second T20I against...

India took on West Indies in the second T20I of the three-match series on Sunday at Thiruvananthapuram.

10 Dec 2019 7:45 PM IST

Apparently, it seems that Indias prime and limited-overs opener, Shikhar Dhawan is running out of gas, as the southpaw has failed to produce any match winning performances in the shortest format of the game. During the last 12 T20Is, Dhawan piled up just 272 runs at a strike rate of 110.56. Moreover, among those 12 games, there were five games, in which he had a strike rate below 100. (Photo:AP)

Shikhar Dhawan to miss India's ODI series vs West Indies: report

Having missed the first two matches of the three-match T20I series, Dhawan seems to need more time for fully recovering...

10 Dec 2019 6:16 PM IST

The return of Test cricket to Pakistani soil is an emotional occasion, captain Azhar Ali said on Tuesday but that will not come in the way of his teams efforts to make amends for a disastrous tour of Australia. (Photo:AFP)

It's an emotional moment: Azhar Ali on return of Test cricket to...

Pakistani players will play Test cricket at home after a gap of 10 years when they take on Sri Lanka in a two-Test...

10 Dec 2019 5:05 PM IST

Ahead of the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand, Australias Steve Smith expressed confidence in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) curator Matt Page and his groundstaff saying that they will produce something good for them. (Photo:AFP)

Flat pitches a 'huge problem': Justin Langer

The Marsh Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Western Australia was suspended on Sunday.

10 Dec 2019 4:56 PM IST

Ahead of the final T20I against India, West Indies coach Phil Simmons on Tuesday hailed Sheldon Cottrell saying that the bowler has been brilliant in the series. (Photo:AFP)

Phil Simmons hails 'brilliant' Sheldon Cottrell

Cottrell has been the most economical bowler for the West Indies. In this series, the pacer scalped two wickets at an...

10 Dec 2019 4:46 PM IST

Ahead of the series-decider against West Indies, India batsman Rohit Sharma said that they are not scared of any team and have the ability to win any game. (Photo: ANI)

'Not scared of any team, can win any game': Rohit Sharma ahead of...

India won the first T20I by six wickets but suffered an eight-wicket defeat in the second T20I against West Indies.

10 Dec 2019 4:29 PM IST